Contraction of an and em. Used with all the tenses of the verb sei + the infinitive of any verb to form the progressive form of that verb: ich bin — schaffe, ich waar — schaffe, ich bin — schaffe gewest, &c. Thus every verb in the dialect (except sei) has the past progressive form, while sei is the only verb which has the simple form in the past indicative. Also used to form the predicate superlative: — beschde, — schlimmschde.